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Liverpool Biennial 2016

From Saturday 9 July to Sunday 16 October 2016 Liverpool Biennial once again takes over the city, with free exhibitions, performances and events by international artists presented across more than 20 locations including Tate Liverpool, FACT, Bluecoat, Open Eye and Cains Brewery. The Biennial 2016 guide is now available to download and you are invited to join in events and celebrations across the city this weekend (9/10 July).

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For the full programme and to start planning your visit go to
www.biennial.com/2016

 

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Download the Biennial Fringe listings and map produced by The Double Negative here.

 

Here is our list of Biennial Events and Click for Fringe and other Events

Liverpool Biennial 2016

Georgia Lucas-Going, TOO MANY FEELINGS, 2016
Bluecoat
Art Event : Bluecoat: Launch: Bloomberg New Contemporaries & Dennis McNulty
Dates: Friday 8 July 2016. 16:00 – 21:00

 

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Constellations
Art Event : Liverpool Biennial 2016 Opening Party
Dates: Friday 8 July 2016. 21:00

 

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ABC Cinema
Exhibition : ABC Cinema: Liverpool Biennial 2016: Various Artists
Dates: Saturday 9 July 2016. – Sunday 16 October 2016. 10:00 – 18:00

 

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Cains Brewery
Exhibition : Cains Brewery: Liverpool Biennial 2016: Various Episodes and Artists
Dates: Saturday 9 July 2016. – Sunday 16 October 2016. 10:00 – 18:00

 

Dave Sinclair. Youth Training Scheme Protest, Liverpool, 25 April 1985 © Dave Sinclair
Open Eye Gallery
Exhibition : Open Eye Gallery: Liverpool Biennial 2016: Flashback & Children’s Episodes
Dates: Saturday 9 July 2016. – Sunday 16 October 2016. 10:00 – 18:00

 

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Tate Liverpool
Exhibition : Tate Liverpool: Liverpool Biennial 2016: Ancient Greece Episode
Dates: Saturday 9 July 2016. – Sunday 16 October 2016. 10:00 – 17:45

 

Krzysztof Wodiczko, poliscar 1991, photo courtesy of the artist and galerie lelong new york
FACT
Exhibition : FACT: Liverpool Biennial 2016: Flashback & Software Episodes
Dates: Saturday 9 July 2016. – Sunday 16 October 2016. 11:00 – 18:00

 

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Walker Art Gallery
Exhibition : Walker Art Gallery: John Moores Painting Prize 2016
Dates: Saturday 9 July 2016. – Sunday 27 November 2016. 10:00 – 17:00

 

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John Lennon Art and Design Building
Exhibition : LJMU Exhibition Research Lab: Liverpool Biennial 2016: HFT The Gardener by Suzanne Treister
Dates: Saturday 9 July 2016. – Sunday 16 October 2016. 10:00 – 17:00

 

Georgia Lucas-Going, TOO MANY FEELINGS, 2016
Bluecoat
Exhibition : Bluecoat: Bloomberg New Contemporaries
Dates: Saturday 9 July 2016. – Sunday 16 October 2016. 10:00 – 18:00

 

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India Buildings
Exhibition : India Buildings: Liverpool Biennial 2016 Associate Artists
Dates: Saturday 9 July 2016. – Sunday 16 October 2016. 10:00 – 18:00

 

Hato and Childwall Sports & Science Academy, Hello Future Me, 2016. Commissioned by Liverpool Biennial in partnership with Arriva. Photo: Gareth Jones
Exhibition : Arriva City Buses: Liverpool Biennial 2016: Children’s Episode / Monuments from the Future
Dates: Saturday 9 July 2016. – Monday 9 July 2018. All Day

 

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142 Granby Street
Exhibition : Assemble / Granby Workshops: Liverpool Biennial 2016
Dates: Saturday 9 July 2016. – Sunday 16 October 2016. 00:00

 

Hato and Childwall Sports & Science Academy, Hello Future Me, 2016. Commissioned by Liverpool Biennial in partnership with Arriva. Photo: Gareth Jones
Class / Course / Workshop : Liverpool Biennial 2016: Education & Family Programme
Dates: Saturday 9 July 2016. – Sunday 16 October 2016. 00:00

 

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Pullman Hotel
Exhibition : Liverpool Biennial 2016: Raphael Hefti
Dates: Saturday 9 July 2016. – Sunday 16 October 2016. All Day

 

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Talk : Liverpool Biennial 2016: Tours and Talks
Dates: Saturday 9 July 2016. – Sunday 16 October 2016. 00:00

 

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Exhibition : Online: Liverpool Biennial 2016: Software Episode
Dates: Saturday 9 July 2016. – Sunday 16 October 2016. All Day

 

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George’s Dock Ventilation Tower Plaza
Exhibition : Public Spaces: Liverpool Biennial 2016: Betty Woodman
Dates: Saturday 9 July 2016. – Sunday 16 October 2016. All Day

 

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Everton Park
Exhibition : Public Spaces: Liverpool Biennial 2016: Evertro by Koo Jeong A
Dates: Saturday 9 July 2016. – Sunday 16 October 2016. All Day

 

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Derby Square
Exhibition : Public Spaces: Liverpool Biennial 2016: Hummingbird Clock by Lawrence Abu Hamdan
Dates: Saturday 9 July 2016. – Sunday 16 October 2016. All Day

 

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Hondo Chinese Supermarket
Exhibition : Public Spaces: Liverpool Biennial 2016: Ian Cheng and Lu Pingyuan
Dates: Saturday 9 July 2016. – Sunday 16 October 2016. 00:00

 

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Epic Hotel
Exhibition : Public Spaces: Liverpool Biennial 2016: Lu Pingyuan Installation
Dates: Saturday 9 July 2016. – Sunday 16 October 2016. 00:00

 

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Kelvin Grove and High Park Street
Exhibition : Public Spaces: Liverpool Biennial 2016: Sculpture by Alisa Baremboym
Dates: Saturday 9 July 2016. – Sunday 16 October 2016. All Day

 

Mariana Castillo Deball, detail from To-day 9th of July 2016 (time pattern), 2016. Courtesy the artist
Liverpool ONE
Exhibition : Public Spaces: Liverpool Biennial 2016: Sculpture by Mariana Castillo Deball
Dates: Saturday 9 July 2016. – Sunday 16 October 2016. All Day

 

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Exchange Flags
Exhibition : Public Spaces: Liverpool Biennial 2016: Sculptures by Sahej Rahal
Dates: Saturday 9 July 2016. – Monday 10 October 2016. All Day

 

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143 Granby Street
Exhibition : Public Spaces: Liverpool Biennial 2016: The Last Planet Parade by Arseny Zhilyaev
Dates: Saturday 9 July 2016. – Sunday 16 October 2016. 00:00

 

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Rhiwlas Street
Exhibition : Public Spaces: Liverpool Biennial 2016: The Stone by Lara Favaretto
Dates: Saturday 9 July 2016. – Sunday 16 October 2016. All Day

 

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Camp & Furnace
Exhibition : Blade Factory: Liverpool Biennial 2016: Mark Leckey
Dates: Saturday 9 July 2016. – Sunday 16 October 2016. 10:00 – 18:00

 

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Toxteth Reservoir
Exhibition : Public Spaces: Liverpool Biennial 2016: Rita McBride Installation
Dates: Saturday 9 July 2016. – Sunday 16 October 2016. 10:00 – 18:00

 

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The Oratory
Exhibition : The Oratory: Liverpool Biennial 2016: Ancient Greece Episode
Dates: Saturday 9 July 2016. – Sunday 16 October 2016. 10:00 – 18:00

 

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Mr Chilli Restaurant
Exhibition : Public Spaces: Liverpool Biennial 2016: Elena Narbutaite
Dates: Saturday 9 July 2016. – Sunday 16 October 2016. 12:00 – 02:00

 

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New Hall Place
Theatre : Liverpool Biennial 2016: Dennis McNulty: Homo Gestalt: The Time Domain
Dates: Saturday 9 July 2016. – Sunday 10 July 2016. 12:30 – 17:30

 

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Cains Brewery
Theatre : Liverpool Biennial 2016: Marvin Gaye Chetwynd: Dogsy Ma Bone
Dates: Saturday 9 July 2016. 16:00 – 20:00

 

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FACT
Film : FACT: Another Version of Events: Liverpool Biennial 2016
Dates: Saturday 9 July 2016. – Sunday 16 October 2016. 18:00

 

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Dave Sinclair, Youth Training Scheme Protest, Liverpool, 25 April 1985 © Dave Sinclair - 02 website.jpg
Open Eye Gallery
Tour : Liverpool Biennial 2016: Open Eye Gallery: Monthly Exhibition Tour
Dates: Saturday 13 August 2016. 14:30 – 15:15

 

Dave Sinclair, Youth Training Scheme Protest, Liverpool, 25 April 1985 © Dave Sinclair - 02 website.jpg
Open Eye Gallery
Tour : Liverpool Biennial 2016: Open Eye Gallery: Monthly Exhibition Tour
Dates: Sunday 11 September 2016. 14:30 – 15:15

 

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Tate Liverpool
Theatre : Liverpool Biennial 2016: Adam Linder: Some Strands of Support
Dates: Friday 7 October 2016. – Sunday 9 October 2016. All Day

 

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Tate Liverpool
Talk : Liverpool Biennial 2016: Conference: In Athens’ Shadow?
Dates: Saturday 8 October 2016. 10:00 – 17:00

 

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Cornerstone
Talk : Liverpool Biennial 2016: Conference: Whose Art? Our Art!
Dates: Wednesday 12 October 2016. – Saturday 15 October 2016. All Day

 

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Biennial Fringe and Other

Culture-Diary-header-978x651-1-300x199Download the Biennial Fringe listings and map produced by The Double Negative here.

 

Bridge Over The Mawddach. Glynis Lawson

Corke Gallery
Exhibition : Corke Gallery: Inspired by North Wales, Group Exhibition
Dates: Wednesday 6 July 2016. – Friday 22 July 2016. 13:00 – 17:00

 

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40 Kelvin Grove
Exhibition : 40 Kelvin Grove: Biennial Fringe: Contravision – Installation by Nina Edge
Dates: Friday 8 July 2016. – Saturday 15 October 2016. All Day

 

Ben McDonnell
Car Park Space
Exhibition : Car Park Space: Biennial Fringe 2016: Telling Tales
Dates: Friday 8 July 2016. – Monday 11 July 2016. 10:00 – 18:00

 

Selfie At Disaster Zone. Jimmy Cauty/L-13 Light Industrial Workshop
The Florence Institute (The Florrie)
Exhibition : The Florrie: Aftermath Dislocation Principle, Installation by Jimmy Cauty
Dates: Friday 8 July 2016. – Wednesday 13 July 2016. 10:00 – 19:00

 

Wild Mutation by Mark Wardel
The Gallery Liverpool
Exhibition : The Gallery Liverpool: Biennial Fringe 2016: Wild Mutation by Mark Wardel
Dates: Friday 8 July 2016. – Sunday 24 July 2016. 11:00 – 16:00

 

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Open Eye Gallery
Art Event : Open Eye Gallery: Biennial Fringe 2016: Walter & Zoniel: Spectra Event
Dates: Friday 8 July 2016. – Sunday 10 July 2016. 11:30 – 16:30

 

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View Two Gallery
Exhibition : View Two Gallery: Biennial Fringe 2016: The Stuckists Art Show
Dates: Friday 8 July 2016. – Saturday 20 August 2016. 12:00 – 17:00

 

Hannah Wilke Intra-Venus Series #6, February 19, 1992, 1992-93 Performalist Self-Portrait with Donald Goddard chromagenic supergloss print 47 1/2 x 71 1/2 inches Courtesy Donald and Helen Goddard and Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York
Victoria Gallery & Museum
Art Event : Victoria Gallery & Museum: Phantom Limb Private View
Dates: Friday 8 July 2016. 17:00 – 20:00

 

Tromarama, Still from ‘Intercourse’, 2015, Two channel video, 4 min 10 sec, image courtesy Edouard Malingue Gallery
One Park West
Exhibition : One Park West: Biennial Fringe: Tromorama Collective Exhibition
Dates: Saturday 9 July 2016. – Sunday 31 July 2016. 00:00

 

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Bluecoat Display Centre
Exhibition : Bluecoat Display Centre: Carter Preston Prize Exhibition
Dates: Saturday 9 July 2016. – Saturday 20 August 2016. 10:00 – 17:30

 

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Atrium Gallery
Exhibition : Atrium Gallery: Biennial Fringe: Moirai – SCI Artists Group Show
Dates: Saturday 9 July 2016. – Saturday 30 July 2016. 09:00 – 18:00

 

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Open Eye Gallery
Exhibition : Open Eye Gallery: Biennial Fringe 2016: Walter & Zoniel: SPECTRA
Dates: Saturday 9 July 2016. – Saturday 16 July 2016. 10:00 – 18:00

 

Hannah Wilke Intra-Venus Series #6, February 19, 1992, 1992-93 Performalist Self-Portrait with Donald Goddard chromagenic supergloss print 47 1/2 x 71 1/2 inches Courtesy Donald and Helen Goddard and Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York
Victoria Gallery & Museum
Exhibition : Victoria Gallery & Museum: Biennial Fringe 2016: Phantom Limb
Dates: Saturday 9 July 2016. – Saturday 3 December 2016. 10:00 – 17:00

 

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A Small View
Exhibition : A Small View: Biennial Fringe 2016: Exhibition by The White Pube
Dates: Saturday 9 July 2016. – Friday 19 August 2016. 13:00 – 17:00

 

Urban Geometrics, (2015) 100 x 120 cm, acrylic on canvas. Artist: Gabrielle Caul
R Jackson & Sons
Exhibition : Jacksons Art Shop: Biennial Fringe 2016: One Fifty Gallery
Dates: Saturday 9 July 2016. – Saturday 15 October 2016. All Day

 

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The Serving Library
Exhibition : The Serving Library: Biennial Fringe 2016: You are *here*
Dates: Saturday 9 July 2016. – Sunday 16 October 2016. 00:00

 

Christine Toh at Allerton Library
Allerton Library
Exhibition : Allerton Library: Biennial Fringe 2016: Forgotten Memories by Christine Toh
Dates: Saturday 9 July 2016. – Wednesday 31 August 2016. 10:00 – 18:00

 

LJMU RCA Live Import
Kelvin Grove and High Park Street
Theatre : Toxteth Reservoir: Live Import / Live Export
Dates: Saturday 9 July 2016. 18:00 – 20:00

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CBS Gallery
Art Event : Crown Building Studios: Biennial Fringe 2016: A Particular Act
Dates: Sunday 10 July 2016. 17:30 – 21:30

 

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dot-art Gallery
Exhibition : Dot-Art: Biennial Fringe 2016: AEROSOL
Dates: Friday 15 July 2016. – Saturday 3 September 2016. 10:00 – 18:00

 

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The Pen Factory
Art Event : Pen Factory: Hidden Gems, Newspaper Launch
Dates: Tuesday 19 July 2016. 19:00 – 23:00

 

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Road Studios
Exhibition : Road Studios: Biennial Fringe 2016: Episode Box Set
Dates: Friday 22 July 2016. – Sunday 16 October 2016. 12:00 – 17:00

 

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The Royal Standard
Exhibition : The Royal Standard: Biennial Fringe 2016: Gettin’ the Heart Ready
Dates: Saturday 30 July 2016. – Sunday 11 September 2016. 12:00 – 17:00

 

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